[Elvis]

[Dare]

Jones is a good but athletically limited player. Frankly I was surprised when Morris handed him the start and green dot To his credit Jones played well but again it came down to overpaying for a good but limited player or moving on.

I for one am just fine with the decision to move on. Both Spreights and Hummel bring more versatility to the table. Reeder is like Jones, a somewhat limited player, but one that brings high effort and energy. That said he's definitely faster than Jones and was a surprise cut the last time around. I think Reeder or Hummel might be in line for the green dot due to their experience.

Overall I have no problems with the final 53 roster and am glad they did keep 9 on the OL. This team looks faster, bigger and more athletic than previous years.

Time to roll!

[Will0120]

I am confused, I didn't observe Jones as a coverage liability last season nor part of too many missed tackles. Where did all this Troy Reeder is just as good as Jones BS is now coming from...?

I am not saying the sky is falling or anything but I am just dumbfounded at the way some of you are equating Troy Reeder / Jake Hummel to E. Jones as if there are no drop offs at all...

[majik]

Unless they aren’t saying something publicly about his attitude, what is the harm at letting Jones play out his contract year here? It not like they got an offer they couldn’t refuse.

[phoenixrising]

Reeder is like Jones, a somewhat limited player, but one that brings high effort and energy. That said he's definitely faster than Jones and was a surprise cut the last time around.

Huh???

[ramsman34]

Based on what MCV said in his presser - they are asking their ILBs to do some different things than in years past. Requires a different skill set??? And, E Jones missed a lot of reps/install. That speaks to his knee which I am certain is an issue too. All the current guys have good speed. Reeder is a bit of a head scratcher. Starters inside are Rozeboom and Reeder. But I bet Omar takes over for Reeder and sooner not later.

[phoenixrising]

I really think this has a lot to do with the defense evolving from OTAs until now to the point where Jones just didn't figure like he originally did.

Starting to sound like you were right. I have felt like the Rams are trying to increase overall team speed on defense. So maybe that’s the direction they are going? It would just seem odd to me if after building up a power game on offense, and seeing signs the league is pointing that way, they would go light at LB a la Hummel or some strange collection of safeties.

Maybe Speights just beat him out? Unlikely though that seems? He’s a guy with more speed AND pop, but I can’t believe he has nearly the instincts of Jones. The maddening thing about these deals is we may never really know what went down.

[ramsww]

I am confused, I didn't observe Jones as a coverage liability last season nor part of too many missed tackles. Where did all this Troy Reeder is just as good as Jones BS is now coming from...?

I am not saying the sky is falling or anything but I am just dumbfounded at the way some of you are equating Troy Reeder / Jake Jummel to E. Jones as if there are no drop offs at all...

Fully agree. Loved Reeder’s amazing game against TB sacking Brady 3 times. That was years ago and there’s no freaking way he’s faster than Jones of making 145 tackles this year. When I downgraded the LB group I don’t consider Hoecht, Young or even Verse as more than Edge rushers. Good ones, hopefully great but where are our cover LBs? Other than Hummel we have none. TEs and RBs are going to kill us and I don’t see a trade happening.

[Elvis]

Starting to sound like you were right. I have felt like the Rams are trying to increase overall team speed on defense. So maybe that’s the direction they are going? It would just seem odd to me if after building up a power game on offense, and seeing signs the league is pointing that way, they would go light at LB a la Hummel or some strange collection of safeties.

Maybe Speights just beat him out? Unlikely though that seems? He’s a guy with more speed AND pop, but I can’t believe he has nearly the instincts of Jones. The maddening thing about these deals is we may never really know what went down.

Yep. Gonna be interesting to see how it goes with Jones in Tennessee...

[69RamFan]

Dare wrote:
Reeder is like Jones, a somewhat limited player, but one that brings high effort and energy. That said he's definitely faster than Jones and was a surprise cut the last time around.

Huh???